Improvement in gates



vNOAH PARKER, OF TRIMBLE COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

Letters Patent No. 112,843, dined March 21, 1871.

|MPRovEMENT IN c/ATS.

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and the post D, above and below, and are provided withwing-nnts, b b, atthe back of the post.

By loosening these nnts the plate may be moved up or down on the face ofthe post a limited distance, and the gate willnt' course becorrespondingly moved.

When the nnts are screwed up tight the gate will Aremain in place.

A plate, F, bearing a wipe or catch, c, for latching, s secured to thepost D' in a manner similar to the arrangement above described.

This plate must be so placed .with reference to the plate E that thegate will latch properly.

I do not claim any of the devices herein shown or described, per se butWhat I claim as my invention is The slotted plate E provided withpintles, the bar or plate F provided with the catch c, the double andsingle-headed clam ping-screws with their winged-nuts, arranged, asshown and described, in connection with the gateA and posts D D',whereby said gate may be adjusted and latched, as specified. l

1 NOAH PARKER.

I, N oAH PARKER, of the county of Trimble and State of Kentucky, haveinvented certain Improvements iny Gates, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to gates which are made vertically adjustable forvarious purposes.

'lhe improvement consists in the particular construction and arrangementof parts, whereby the gate is at all times and under all adjustments tobe latched with uniform facility and security.

'The means for eii'ecting the desired resnlt are simple, and easilyapplied and adjusted.

Figure l is a li'olit elevation ot' my gate.

Fignrev2 is a plan or top view.

Like letters of reference designate corresponding part-s in bothfigures.

Let A represent the gate;

B, the hanging-stile and C, the latching-stile.

D D' are the gate-posts.

The gate is not hinged directly to the post D, but is furnished withlugs, which engage with correspondingeyes, the latter being forged withor otherwise rigidly secnred to a slotted metallic plate, E.

Hook-bolts, a a, pass through the slotted plate E Witnesses:

SAML. G. REORDAN, Enza B. G. PARKER,

